[AussieWog93]

This might just be my bubble, but us there that much AI being used for girlfriends/scams, or even reels these days?

Most people I know use it as a tool to do things for them, technical or otherwise.

Even the loneliest people I know don't want to talk to a clanker unless there's at least a pretense of work being done.

[esseph]

> This might just be my bubble, but us there that much AI being used for girlfriends/scams, or even reels these days?

How would you react if you got a panicked call from your spouse and it came from their phone number?

To answer your question, it's a series of different but huge problems.

https://www.iansresearch.com/resources/all-blogs/post/securi...

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260603-20-minutes...

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/deepfake-scams-are-creeping...

There's also a whole industry of basically "virtual onlyfans" models that generate a TON of content and ad impressions on everything from Instagram, X, TikTok, even Twitch.tv

[AussieWog93]

>How would you react if you got a panicked call from your spouse and it came from their phone number?

I would be surprised if an AI successfully imitated the batshit insane way my wife and I speak to one another, but I get how that could work for, say, a grandparent or aunty.

>There's also a whole industry of basically "virtual onlyfans" models that generate a TON of content and ad impressions on everything from Instagram, X, TikTok, even Twitch.tv

Are there stats on this? Like if you look at the top hundred influencers on these platforms, how many of them are AI? Is it a long tail?

Like you do hear a lot of stories about this kind of thing happening, but I haven't ever seen a figure that says something like "$x million lost to AI scams" the way you do with romance scams or crypto.

[esseph]

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/21/ai-influencers-secreti...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-models-creators-see-succe...

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/03/17/meet-jessica-fos...

> Like you do hear a lot of stories about this kind of thing happening, but I haven't ever seen a figure that says something like "$x million lost to AI scams" the way you do with romance scams or crypto.

Most people don't have a couple mil laying around. If you mean collectively, how many dudes are going to call the FBI or whatever and admit their life savings are fucked because they fell for AI goon bait? I expect not many.

> would be surprised if an AI successfully imitated the batshit insane way my wife and I speak to one another, but I get how that could work for, say, a grandparent or aunty.

What if her emails and texts between you had been scraped? Very easy and to grab that and record voice with single click or no-click tap jacking attacks.